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Businesses face a broader risk of prosecution from this month after new powers removed the restriction to economic crimes, exposing organisations to potential liability for a wide range of offences committed by senior managers, writes Sally Clark. In April, the Crime and Policing Act 2026 received r

In April this year, the High Court of England and Wales handed down a(nother) decision relating to the now notorious “Joe Donor”: Re N (Paternity: Unregulated Sperm Donor), write Professor Gillian Black and Robert Gilmour. The question for the court was whether, under English law, a stra

One of the more persistent misconceptions in court proceedings is that a witness's evidence can be undermined simply by producing another affidavit criticising that witness. In practice, matters are rarely so straightforward, writes Ahsan Mustafa. Courts do not resolve disputes by counting affidavit

Derek Nash believes the property developers – as well as book fans – can take inspiration from the transformation of the ‘birthplace of Harry Potter’. The rebirth of The Elephant House in Edinburgh has been a tale of tenacity and ingenuity. The efforts which led to its openin

To Inverness and McBain’s, a small family owned restaurant by the river, is our choice after a morning marvelling at the bronze age Clava Cairns and tramping through the steady drizzle of Culloden moor. My ancestors served in Lord Ogilvy’s regiment at Culloden and I once discovered an ac

The unsolved murder of Stevan Markovic, the Serbian bodyguard and associate of French film star Alain Delon, became an immense scandal in the Paris of 1968 engulfing the highest politicans in the land and highlighted Delon’s connections with gangsters. Rumours also abounded about orgies organ

It’s a long way from Serena Sutherland’s office beside the harbour in Kirkwall to the Law Society of Scotland’s headquarters in the west end of Edinburgh (more than 200 miles by air) but that doesn’t deter the new president of the Law Society of Scotland. Nor does it the prof

Delay in contact and residence cases is one of the most cited causes of frustration, irritation and anguish at Shared Parenting Scotland group meetings, and in calls to the daily helpline. Fathers, mothers, and grandparents watch relationships with children wither and sometimes die as months pass be

To Dublin – a city fairly swarming with highly-paid lawyers, their salaries supercharged by big UK and US law firms locating to Ireland in search of a foothold in the European Union. New buildings are springing up on the banks of the Liffey like shamrocks after a summer shower. Our cheerful ta

In this true, but often scarcely-believable, story Neil Root explains as best can be done the personal history of Peter Rachman before the latter arrived in Britain. His mysterious background relies for the most part on Rachman’s own undocumented explanations.

The Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Act 2026 received royal assent in April this year and will apply to contracts entered into once it comes into force. Although the legislation is rooted in long-standing legal principles, its real significance for businesses lies in how it makes those

Natalie Livingstone’s vivid retelling of the Nuremberg trials shifts the focus from the Nazi defendants to the remarkable women who witnessed, interpreted, chronicled and shaped the proceedings, revealing how their experiences illuminated the moral, political and human legacy of the twentieth

As in many professions characterised by exceptionalism, dynamism in law frequently begets energy in areas outwith the workplace. Laura Irvine is an example. The data protection and Information laws specialist and head of litigation regulatory law at Davidson Chalmers Stewart lined up with colleagues

Fresh from the UK Supreme Court's Glasgow sitting, president of the court, Lord Reed of Allermuir, spoke to SLN editor Kapil Summan.  Upon his appointment as president of the Supreme Court in 2020, Lady Elish Angiolini recalled that in her practising days she once asked Robert Reed to write a p

Few expressions in criminal justice attract as much scrutiny as this one, and in recent days it has moved to the centre of controversial public debate, writes Cameron Irons. In the wake of widespread reporting on former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s police interview, two words have been dis